The Rajasthan NEET counselling process 2026 is conducted by the NEET UG Medical & Dental Admission/Counseling Board, headquartered at SMS Medical College, Jaipur. The board operates under the Rajasthan University of Health Sciences (RUHS) and the state Medical Education Department. It manages admission to 48 medical colleges with 5,418 MBBS seats annually.
Official website: rajugneet20XX.in (the URL changes each year; for 2025 it was rajugneet2025.in)
How Rajasthan’s state merit rank works
Rajasthan does not use your NEET All India Rank directly for state quota allotment. The board prepares a separate Rajasthan State Merit List by sorting all registered Rajasthan-domicile candidates by their NEET score.
Your state merit rank will be numerically lower than your AIR because only Rajasthan applicants are included. A candidate with AIR 10,000 might receive State Merit Rank 300 if only 299 registered Rajasthan candidates scored higher.
The state merit rank determines your position in the counselling queue. Separate merit lists are published for: General State Rank, PWD, Defence, and category-specific lists (OBC, SC, ST, MBC, EWS). In 2025, state merit numbers extended beyond 16,000, indicating over 16,000 Rajasthan domicile candidates participated in state counselling.
Rajasthan follows NEET’s standard tie-breaking criteria: higher Biology marks, then higher Chemistry marks, then fewer incorrect answers, then older candidate.
Who is eligible
You can participate in Rajasthan state counselling if you meet these conditions:
- Indian citizen with Rajasthan domicile (10 years of Rajasthani residency is the standard criterion) OR continuous schooling in Rajasthan from Class 10 to 12
- Age: At least 17 years by 31 December of the admission year
- Academics: Passed 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and English
- NEET score: Minimum 50% (General), 40% (OBC/SC/ST), 45% (PwD-General)
Non-domicile access: Other-state candidates can apply only for management quota seats in private colleges during Rounds 1 and 2. From Round 3 (mop-up) onwards, Rajasthan opens unfilled seats to non-domicile candidates.
NRI quota: No domicile requirement. Priority goes to candidates with ancestral connection to Rajasthan (self/parents/grandparents resided in the state for at least 5 years).
Registration process
- Create an SSO ID on the Rajasthan Single Sign-On (SSO) portal using your Aadhaar
- Link your SSO account to the NEET counselling portal (rajugneet20XX.in)
- Fill in personal, academic, and NEET details
- Upload documents: NEET scorecard, domicile certificate, Class 10 and 12 mark sheets, category certificate (if applicable), photographs
- Pay the registration fee: Rs 2,000 (General) or Rs 1,200 (SC/ST/OBC/PwD)
- Pay a refundable security deposit via NEFT/RTGS: Rs 50,000 (government seat), Rs 2,00,000 (management seat), or Rs 5,00,000 (NRI/private seat)
Document verification happens in person at SMS Medical College, Jaipur (a single centralized location for the entire state).
Round-by-round timeline
Rajasthan conducts three main rounds plus stray vacancy rounds, spread across August to November:
Round 1 (August)
- Registration opens (late July; 28 July in 2025)
- Choice filling window
- Allotment results published (18 August 2025)
- Reporting to allotted college
Round 2 (September)
- Candidates allotted in Round 1 can opt for upgradation by confirming on the SSO portal
- Fresh choice filling
- Allotment results (25 September 2025)
Round 3 (Mop-up, November)
- Fresh choice filling is mandatory for all candidates regardless of earlier allotment. Previous round choices are scrapped entirely.
- Open to non-domicile candidates for unfilled seats
- Allotment results (4-5 November 2025)
Stray vacancy round (November-December)
- For seats still vacant after Round 3
- A Special Stray Round may follow if seats remain
Choices auto-lock at the specified deadline in each round.
Seat matrix and quota structure
Rajasthan’s seat distribution for MBBS (2025 Round 1 figures):
- Total MBBS seats: 5,418
- 15% All India Quota: Managed by MCC. 15% of government college seats are surrendered to AIQ.
- 85% State Quota: Managed by the Rajasthan counselling board
Within the state quota, seats are distributed across types:
| Seat type | R1 count | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Govt. Seat (in 33 govt colleges) | 2,158 | Category-wise reservation applies |
| Mgmt. Seat (in RajMES colleges) | 945 | Higher fees, reservation still applies |
| Gen. Seat (private state quota) | 519 | 50% of private seats at regulated fees |
| NRI Seat (in govt/RajMES colleges) | 120 | No domicile; ancestral priority |
| Total R1 MBBS allotments | 3,742 |
The full seat matrix across all quota types: Government Quota 2,208 seats, Private General Quota 1,526, Private Management Quota 1,229, and NRI Quota 455.
The RajMES model (unique to Rajasthan)
Rajasthan Medical Education Society (RajMES) operates 25 semi-government colleges at district headquarters under a Public-Private Partnership model. Their seats are distributed across government, management, and NRI quotas. Government quota seats carry Rs 70,340/year fees; management quota seats carry Rs 9.57 lakh/year; NRI quota seats carry Rs 23.9-25.1 lakh/year. In most other states, management and NRI quotas exist only in private colleges. For the full list of RajMES colleges, see Guide C.
The six established government colleges (SMS Jaipur, SP Bikaner, SN Jodhpur, JLN Ajmer, RNT Udaipur, GMC Kota) have only government quota seats with no management or NRI allocation.
What happens after allotment
Once allotted a seat:
- Download your provisional allotment order from the SSO portal
- Report to the allotted college within the specified window
- Submit original documents for verification at the college
- Pay the first-year fee
To try for a better seat in Round 2, confirm your upgradation interest on the SSO portal. Your current seat is held while you compete for upgrades. For Round 3, you must fill fresh choices regardless of earlier allotment.
Key differences from AIQ counselling
| Rajasthan state | MCC All India Quota | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank used | Rajasthan State Merit Rank | NEET AIR |
| Reservation | 65% (OBC 21% + SC 16% + ST 12% + MBC 5% + EWS 10% + Defence 1%) | 49.5% (OBC 27% + SC 15% + ST 7.5% + EWS 10%) |
| Eligibility | Rajasthan domicile/study | Open to all India |
| Category system | GEN/OBC/SC/ST/MBC/EWS/SA with gender suffixes | UR/OBC/SC/ST/EWS |
| Rounds | 3 + stray | 3 |
| NRI quota location | Government/RajMES colleges (not private) | Private/deemed universities |
| Registration | Rajasthan SSO portal | MCC portal |
| Document verification | Centralized at SMS MC, Jaipur | At allotted college |